The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) late in May is set to depart the orbiting laboratory on August 1 and reach Earth on August 2, marking the end of the first crewed mission for the Elon Musk-led company. Making the[Read More…]
The delay has been caused by the impacts from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, as well as technical challenges.
The tomcat – which was examined by a team led by Dr Ashleigh Haruda from the Central Natural Science Collections at MLU – did not have an easy life.
NASA and United Launch Alliance recently updated the mission’s launch period – the range of days the rocket can launch in order to reach Mars.
Satellites now provide new means to measure and track its current shifts but the field existed long before the invention of human-made recording devices.
World UFO Day is marked to raise awareness of “the undoubted existence of UFOs. The day aims to encourage governments to declassify their files on UFO sightings.
On July 2nd, the world celebrates World UFO Day to create awareness about Unidentified Flying Objects and alien life forms.
Last week, Bob’s colleague Doug Hurley had shared another stunning view of a huge Sahara dust plume spreading over the Atlantic Ocean.
Penumbral Eclipse or Upachaya Grahan 2020: The eclipse can be seen in most parts of the African continent, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic and Indian ocean.
Lunar Eclipse 2020: There have been two lunar eclipses this year, the first one was on January 10 while the second one occurred on June 5.
International Asteroid Day 2020: The 2020 JX1 asteroid, between 47 metres to 100 metres in diameter and will make close approach at 17,784 kilometres per hour (kmph), it is said that it will fly past earth on June 29.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/71/90 on December 2016 and declared June 30 as International Asteroid Day.
An essential aspect of cognitive flexibility is our ability to selectively search for information in memory when we need it.
The space rock is set to pass us on June 24 at 07:44 BST, at which point it will be 2.3 million miles from Earth.
The solar eclipse today is an annular eclipse where the Moon is so far from Earth that its relative size fails to cover the Sun completely and leaves the outer rims visible, thus creating a ring of fire in the sky.
The annular solar eclipse of June 2020 will start at 9:15 am on June 21 as per Indian Standard Timing (IST). The full eclipse will start from 10:17 am with the maximum eclipse occurring at 12:10 pm.
Annular Solar Eclipse 2020 Live Streaming Online: You can watch the rare “ring of fire” eclipse online on live streaming platforms at home comfortably. However, many organisations and other streaming platforms will broadcast celestial event on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
The researchers noted that the blasts could also be the result of a binary system such as a neutron star orbiting around another neutron star or black hole.
Scientists and engineers are using the International Space Station to develop pulsar-based navigation using these cosmic lighthouses to assist with wayfinding on trips to the Moon.
Goblet cells are present in bat noses, and researchers hypothesize that there must be a difference in how coronaviruses attack these cells in bats versus humans.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences on Tuesday said that an annular solar eclipse will occur on June 21.
Here’s all you need to know about the space rock, Asteroid 2002 NND that is set to pass by Earth safely.
Lunar Eclipse Myths: The total duration of the second penumbral lunar eclipses of 2020 is likely to be 3 hours and 18 minutes. Lunar Eclipse has fascinated cultures across the globe and inspired several striking myths and legends.
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse June 5-6, 2020: This June lunar eclipse of 2020 is known as Strawberry Moon Eclipse because of the wild strawberries that begin to ripen during this month.
The two asteroids, Ryugu and Bennu, might have originated from the same asteroid collision or parent body that shattered on collision with other objects.
